1) 2002-2004: The System for Analysis, Research and Training (START) – International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) – Land Ocean Interaction in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) Research Grant on a Project entitled ‘Coastal impacts of damming and water abstraction in the Tana and Sabaki River Basins of Kenya’.

2) 2000-2001: The International Foundation for Science (IFS) Research Grant for a project on water exchange, sediment transport and implications of sedimentation in the Port-Reitz mangrove wetland, Kenya.

3) 1998-2002: Flemish Inter-University Council-University of Nairobi (VLIR-IUC-UON) Project Research grant to undertake a field-based research on sediment transport and exchange in mangrove wetlands for a research leading to the award of PhD degree in Hydrology of the University of Nairobi, Kenya.

4) 1997-2000: Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries (Sida/SAREC) Research Scholarship Grant for postgraduate training in Oceanography at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.

5) 1997-1999: The International Foundation for Science (IFS), Sweden: Research Grant to undertake a field-based research on physical oceanographic and hydrological processes influencing the transport and fluxes of sediments in a mangrove wetland, Kenya.

6) 1995-1996: Western Indian Ocean Marine Sciences Association (WIOMSA) Marine Research Grant (Marg-1) for a research study on river basin sediment production and flux in the Mwache river basin in Kenya.

7) 2011-2012: National Council for Science and Technology (NCST) Science, Technology and Innovations (STI) Grant for a project on the runoff and rainwater harvesting.

WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES:

1. The 4th National Workshop on Land and Water Management held at Wida Highway Hotel, Nairobi/Limuru, Kenya in the period February 15-19, 1993.

2. International Symposium on Large Marine Ecosystem of the Indian Ocean held in Mombasa Kenya in the period March 29-April 2, 1993

3. International Symposium and Policy Conference on Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Eastern Africa and Island states held in Arusha, Tanzania in the period April 21-23, 1993.

4. The 6th International Conference on Rainwater Catchment systems held in Nairobi, Kenya in the period August 1-6, 1993.

5. The 1st International EC-STD III workshop on Interlinkages between Coastal Ecosystems in Eastern Africa held in Zanzibar, Tanzania in September 1993.

6. The 2nd International EC-STD III project workshop on Interlinkages between Eastern Africa Coastal Ecosystems held in Mombasa, Kenya in the period October 4-7, 1994,

7. The 2nd SAREC Regional Workshop on Physical Oceanography held in Zanzibar, Tanzania in the period Decembe. 6-12, 1994.

8. The 1st KSDA/DAAD National Conference on strengthening the relationship between the Universities and the Industry held between 28th November and 1st December 1995 in Nairobi, Kenya.

9. The 3rd Kenya Meteorological Society Conference on meteorological research applications and services, held in the period October 7-11, 1996 in Mombasa, Kenya. Theme: The impact of climatic variability on agriculture and environment. Sponsored by Kenya Meteorological Society (KMS) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

10. The 1st European Union (EU-INCO) Project Workshop on the ‘anthropogenically-induced changes in groundwater outflow and quality, and the functioning of the Eastern Africa nearshore ecosystems’. Held between 4th and 6th March 1997 at Reef Hotel, Mombasa, Kenya.

11. The Workshop on environmental monitoring in the coastal zone, held at Nyali Hotel in Mombasa, Kenya in the period April 23-25, 1997. Organized by the British Geological Society (BGS) and Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI).

12. The 1st WIOMSA (Western Indian Ocean Marine Scientists Association) Scientific Conference and General Assembly held in the period 2-5 May 1997 in Mombasa, Kenya.

13. The 4th Session of the UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Regional Committee for Co-operative Investigations in the North and Central Western Indian Ocean, held in the period 6-10 May, 1997 in Mombasa, Kenya.

14. UNESCO-Kenya National Workshop on sustainable coastal zone development through integrated planning and management focused on mitigating the impacts of coastline instability, held in Mombasa, Kenya in the period 23-25 June 1997.

15. LOICZ-IGBP first (1st) African Global Change Workshop on river catchment-coastal sea interaction and critical loads, held in the period 25-27 July 2000 at UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.

16. UNDP/WMO/KMD/DMC Workshop on factoring climate information in disaster preparedness and management policy in Kenya. Held at the Imperial Hotel, Kisumu in the period 14-16 December, 2000.

17. The 2nd Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA) Scientific Symposium, held in the period 22 –26 October, 2001 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

18. GOOS-AFRICA Meeting for the Development and Protection of the Marine and Coastal Environment in Sub-Saharan Africa, held in the period 19-2 November, 2001 in Nairobi, Kenya.

19. The 3rd Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA) Scientific Symposium, held in the period 15 –19 October, 2003 in Maputo, Mozambique.

20. The 6th Pan-Africa START Committee (PACOM) meeting, held in the period 4-6 December 2003 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

43. NEMA-UNEP Stakeholder’s Workshop on the Kenya State of the Coast Report, held on 20 March 2008 in Mombasa, Kenya.

44. World Bank/Government of Kenya: Kenya Agricultural Productivity and Agribusiness Project (KAPAP) Training Workshops on Environmental and Social Safeguards with emphasis on Environmental Assessment Methodology. Workshops held at Kitui and Siaya in the period October 21-24, 2010 and October 25-29, 2010, respectively.

45. ASCLME-UNDP Technical Workshops on the formulation of the Marine Environment Diagnostic Analysis (MEDA), held in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa, in October-November, 2011

46. The fifth WIOMSA Scientific Symposium and General Assembly held in Mombasa, Kenya in the period 24-29 October, 2011.

47. National Council for Science and Technology (NCST) Rainwater Harvesting Project Technical Workshop held in Kitui, Kenya on 2 March 2012.

2. 1994-1995: UNEP Eastern Africa Coastal and Marine Environment Database and Atlas Project. Coastal hydrology Component focused on the delineation of coastal river basins/catchments and preparation of a chapter on coastal rivers, lakes and ground water resources, including the policy, legal and institutional frameworks governing environmental assessment and water resources management.

3. 1995-1996: IOC-SAREC/WIOMSA Project (Project Contract No.. SC298-012-5): Research project on the sediment production and discharge dynamics in the Mwache River Basin, Kenya.

4. 1996-1997: KWS (Kenya Wildlife Service)-KMFRI Project on the bio-diversity of Mida Creek. Implemented a research component on hydrology, water circulation dynamics and groundwater flow in Mida Creek, Malindi, Kenya.

5. 1996-1998: EU-INCO Project on the ‘Anthropogenically induced changes in groundwater outflow and quality, and the functioning of the Eastern Africa nearshore ecosystems’. Implemented a research component on hydrology, water-circulation and groundwater flow in Mida Creek, Malindi, Kenya.

6. 1998-1999: International Foundation for Science (IFS) Research Project on the dynamics of sediment transport in the mangrove-fringed Port-Reitz Creek.

11. 2001-2002: KMFRI Multi-disciplinary project on Ungwana Bay fisheries and the environment. Implemented a research component on the influence of Tana and Sabaki River systems on productivity of Ungwana Bay.

12. 2002-2003: International START/IGBP-LOICZ Afri-Basins/Catchments (Afri-CAT) Project on the Coastal Impacts of Damming and Water Abstraction in Africa. Implemented a Research Component on the assessment of the impacts of water abstraction and damming in the Tana and Sabaki River basins of Kenya.

13. 2002-2004: UNESCO-IHP/UNEP-DEWA Project: Assessment of pollution status and vulnerability of water supply aquifers of African cities - Case study of Mombasa City in Kenya.

14. 2011- to date: National Council for Science and Technology (NCST), Kenya: Science, Technology and Innovations project on the ‘promotion of surface runoff and rainwater harvesting for application in aquacultural and horticultural development in Kitui District, Kenya’.

15. 2011-to date: Monitoring of the variability of river discharge and sediment fluxes in the Athi River Basin in Kenya.

• Kitheka, J.U (1990): Some aspects of the environmental impact of Bura Irrigation and Settlement Scheme: An assessment study. B.Sc Dissertation, Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, University of Nairobi, Kenya. 160p.

• Kitheka, J.U (1996): Streamflow and sediment discharge response to spatially non-uniform rainfall in a coastal river basin in Kenya. Presented in the 3rd Kenya Meteorological Society Conference on "Meteorological research applications and services: Impact of climatic variability on agriculture and the environment". Mombasa, Kenya, October 7-11, 1996, 33p.

• Kitheka, J.U (1997): The linkage between coastal water circulation dynamics and groundwater flow in a tropical mangrove creek in Kenya. In Rawlins, B.G and Williams, T.M (1997): Abstracts of the ODA/LOCS workshop on "Environmental monitoring in the coastal zone", Mombasa, Kenya, 23rd-25th April 1997. British Geological Society, Keyworth, Nottingham, UK.

• Ongwenyi, G.S; Kitheka, J.U and Denga, F.O (1993): Erosion and sedimentation problems in the Arid and Semi-Arid lands of Kenya. In: F.N Gichuki; D.N Mungai; C.K.K Gachene and D.B Thomas (editors): Land and Water management in Kenya: Towards sustainable land use. The Proceedings of the fourth (4th) Land and Water Management Workshop, 15th -19th February 1993, Kikuyu, Kenya. p61-63.

• Ongwenyi, G.S; J.U Kitheka and F. Denga (1993): The impact of climatic changes on land and water resources management in Kenya. . In: F.N Gichuki; D.N Mungai; C.K.K Gachene and D.B Thomas (editors): Land and Water management in Kenya: Towards sustainable land use. The Proceedings of the fourth (4th) Land and Water Management Workshop, 15th -19th February 1993, Kikuyu, Kenya. p219-222.

• Kitheka, J.U (1993): The rainfall-runoff relation and the potential for runoff harvesting in the Nguu-Tatu catchment. In: Bambrah, F.O., Otieno, F.O and Thomas D.B (Editors), "Participation in Rainwater collection for low income communities and sustainable development". The Proceedings of the sixth International Rainwater Harvesting Conference. p429-434.

• Kitheka, J.U (1995): The role of research institutions, Universities and Industry in the water resources sector in the Coastal Region of Kenya. In: Aketch N.O; Ngecu, W.M and Dindi, E.W (Editors), National Conference on "strengthening the relationship between the Universities and Industry" (sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service), Organized by Kenya DAAD Scholars Association, Nov. 28th-Dec. 1st. 1995, Nairobi, Kenya, p39-42.